Comment: Re:Not "The Text of a Canonical Work" (Score 2) 176
Comment: Re:Amusing, but... (Score 1) 176
And the more your company paid for a product, the more likely you aren't allowed to use anything else. "Why would we use a *free* product, when we have this overblown expensive product that doesn't work?"
Comment: Re:Unnamed Sources? (Score 1) 411
The NYTimes is a reliable source, with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.
Forty-nine years after its editorial mocking Goddard, on July 17, 1969 — the day after the launch of Apollo 11 — The New York Times published a short item under the headline "A Correction." The three-paragraph statement summarized its 1920 editorial, and concluded: Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th Century and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error
So, yes they do follow up and correct their mistakes.
Comment: Re:Uhm, so we're at war now with Iran? (Score 1) 411
The supply of real money goes up when goverments print more. Suddenly everyone's real money is devauled by a bit, but as more virtual money is created, the real money regains value.
The whole thing collapses when everyone's faith in their virtual money simultaneously falls. Then any extra real money printed by the government devalues everyone else's real money by more than a bit, and inflation sets in.
Comment: Re:Uhm, so we're at war now with Iran? (Score 1) 411
Which brings up a interesting question: can a cyberwar escalate to a real war? If so, what would provoke that transition?
Launch of nuclear weapons? See Colossus: The Forbin Project http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/, Wargames http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/, and others.
Realistically speaking, any action that results in death or large scale destruction will result in real war.
Comment: Re:Uhm, so we're at war now with Iran? (Score 1) 411
They may do some things that seem irrational from our Western perspective, but they are not stupid. They know that starting a shooting war with Israel would be suicide.
The calculation you have to make is "What's the minimum number of people in Iran are required to launch the suicidal act?", then "How many people are currently, really, in charge?" Even if the people of Iran wouldn't launch a suicidal attack, it's at least plausible that the few people that could, would. Then, there's the accidental aspect. If Iran doesn't verifiably have nuclear weapons, then a missle heading south will cause some grief, but it won't start WWIII. If on the other hand, Iran is know to have many deployed nukes, and a missile is headed to Tel Aviv, there's no time to determine if it will actually get to the city, or if it's armed. Israeli officials will have to make a decision right away.
Comment: Re:not-for-profit? (Score 2) 344
There may be precious little left over for the real artists.
Comment: Re:No dancing? (Score 1) 344
Comment: Summon the Dance Police (Score 2) 344
I guess now we will have the dance police ready to come down hard on scoflaws.
Of course the kids will just make up something new to do to music that no one over 30 would ever call dancing. I propose we call it MusicF*cking.